Evra: United The Best In The Country

August 12, 2011

Patrice Evra fancies United to win a fifth title in six years this season, claiming that Chelsea will be our closest rivals.

“In my mind Manchester United are the best team in the country and then it is Chelsea,” he said. “City have spent a lot of money but with that comes a pressure and how they will cope with that I do not know. Manchester United’s biggest threat is Manchester United. If we are able to master ourselves and play to our ability through the season we will win the League, that is not arrogance, it is confidence. Chelsea are a strong team with good experienced players, they are our closest rivals. I will not say who the next best team are but the fate of the Premier League is in our own hands. We are a young team who are never afraid, that is why we were able to come from 2-0 down and beat City. This is the mentality at this club and it is one which our opponents fear and which makes us strong.”

I know I will draw some ire by saying but Patrice Evra is like The King in a sense. He has that rare ability to "connect" with the fans. He knows exactly what to say and when to say it.

If you asked most United fans (including yours truly) who is "loved" the most at the club, I can guarantee that the answer in most cases would be Patrice Evra. He just "gets" it, doesn't he? I am totally gay for the man, I tell you.

And I completely agree with him. I said this on another thread also: If United play to the best of our abilities and don't press the self-destruct button - or as Patty eloquently put it "If we are able to master ourselves and play to our ability through the season" - then I cannot see any fucker challenging us. United will win the League. I would not have said this last season or the season before or in past seasons. But this one, I can guarantee that nobody is on our level in terms of squad depth and ability. Plus, we've got the Old Footie Knight, whereas every other team have got inexperienced journeymen. God, the life of a Manchester United fan is seriously blessed.

Hes spot on about how our opponents fear our ability to come back into it. Even if we are loosing by two or three goals, you can see they fear the inevitable when we get one back, because they know we will throw absolutely everything at them and them some. This is a special weapon. One that city and chelsea cannot buy.

I just hope for all his outspoken media comments he can back it up on the pitch this season and get some consistent form going. Some of his errors and decisions last year were pretty poor. We know you are capable of the very best Pat, so let's see it again.

Pat is a fucking nutter and I love that about him. No matter how eccentric he seems, everything he says is usually spot on. The "little prince" comments toward Nasri could not have been more perfect or more true than the way they came out of his mouth. I love him and his craziness.

love the lad,did his homework,no question bought into what utd are all about,as he said recently for him its the glory not the money. very deep thinker, the biggest respect i give him is learning korean giving park so much respect and tells you what kind of friend he is.
Fiercely loyal and a fierce competitor,like cantona he feels the ghosts of old trafford

I don't get the "over the top" optimism. We are fine at the back and up front, but worse off in the engine room. How are United going to survive such a long season with so few CM's? Especially if we look at history.

Cleverly had hamstring trouble at Wigan last year
Fletcher has been out forever
Anderson has been injured for about 50% of the season the last 3 years
Carrick is getting older (and has had several niggles the last 2 years)

Who is going to fill inn when our guys are out injured? Who do we actually have left to play the middle of the park when injuries strike?

We have a couple of wingers in Giggs and Park............... and Pogba at 17. I am not counting Gibson since it is clear is on his way out.

We are actually entering this seaon even thinner in the middle than last year and injuries have been many. This really worries me- in my book we are 2 midfielders short going into a season where expectations are to win the league and qualify for yet another CL finale. I fear we will be depleted in february.

I think Gibbo's gonna stay simply because there aren't any takers, Jones can play there no problem, Pogba is not first team material by any standards but as a 6th choice midfielder I can't complain, Park plays there for South Korea so he'll be fine, Giggs hasn't done too bad for himself last couple of seasons at CM, and if push comes to shove we can always throw Rooney into CAM, and give a run out to Ravel Morrison who knows?

We're not THAT badly covered, but what I'm afraid of is the quality of the midfield. Granted on their day Fletcherinho (One of my favourite players), Anderson and even Carrick can destroy teams but more often than not they fail to show up....If only Hargo was still here lol!

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